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The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1988-10-05

1988-10-05-001

Hoover Sports
Page 9
Players Guild
Opens 58th Season
Page 11
Restaurant Journal
See Insert
66th YEAR
Serving the People
of
North Canton
Vol. 66- No. 51
North Canton, Ohio, Wednesday, October 5, 1988
One Secficm
14 Pages
',?
firmly-Five Cents
Lean economic times ahead for North Canton Schools
•»: DOTTIE McGREW
Roden to proceed with
the development of a
long range plan to examine the school district's needs for the
next ten to 20 years.
The study will include
a time line for submission of an operating
levy to provide additional funds to run the
district and a bond
issue to update the
A strip mall in N.
Main's future ?
By: DOTTIE McGREW
The type of future
development of 25 acres
of open land along the
west side of North Main
Street, adjacent to the
northwestern boundary
of North Canton, may \y
in the hands of voters
in Plain Township Precinct 28.
On the east side of
North Main Street the
city limits extend
north to Orion Road,
but on the west side of
North Main Street the
city limits end at
Stratavon Street, just
beyond K-Mart Plaza.
The open land is
owned by developer Paul
Weber who plans to develop and lease a strip
mall :along the 1000-
foot North Main Street
frontage.
Weber also plans to
construct apartments or
duplexes' adjacent to
and west of the proposed mall.
Jack Sanford, Jr.,
1328 Portage St., North
Canton, has filed the
necessary .papers to
initiate., two 'local options Cfi the November
"JjtilloL pannicl.i:<iy -Wis1'
sale of beer and wine
at the North Main
Street site.
If approved by Plain
Township voters in Precinct 28, Sanford, who
is co-owner of Bogart's
Restaurant, 4690 Dressier Rd. NW would like
to open an upscale delicatessen on the property. He says imported
beers and a wine list
are necessary "to make
the whole thing work."
If the deli is successful, Sanford says
he may also open a
restaurant similar to
Bogart's in the same
area.
"Everything is very
'iffy' right now. It
all depends on whether the local options
are approved," Sanford
said.
Issue 30 would permit the sale of wine
and mixed beverages for
carryout as well as on
and off premises consumption, and liquor by
the glass.
Issue 31 would_ permit the sale of beer
for carryout as well as
on an off premise consumption.
Although beer and
wine are sold in surrounding Jackson and
Plain Townships, Erik's
Grocery Bag, 835 E.
Maple St., is the only
carry-out within the ■
city of North Canton.
North Canton City
officials declined to
comment on the local
liquor options.
Two local liquor
options to permit the
sale of beer and wine
at Click, 1474 N. Main
St., were turned down
by voters in November
1987. Nine other liquor
options were also defeated, in that elec-
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In the May 1988 primary, a local liquor
option in Canton failed
while another in Alliance was approved.
Precinct 28 has irregular boundaries,
roughly encompassing an
area from Stratavon
Street on the south to
Mt. Pleasant Road on
the north and from
North Main Street on
the east to Pittsburg
Road on the west.
If voters in
Precinct 28 approve the
two local options, the
strip mall, which is
zoned General Business-
2, could contain a
restaurant, a carry-out
or a drive-through.
Heritage Society
vintage cookbooks
The Heritage Society has announced that orders are being taken for A Vintage Cook Book.
The book is a reprint of a book that was originally compiled and published by the North Canton
American Legion Auxiliary.
The selection of the cook book was based on
its popularity as an artifact of North Canton
history. "Women often tell us they learned to
cook from that book," Ruth Basner, Director of
the museum stated. She also mentioned the book
is being reprinted in its entirety. "We have
added a preface, an index of the recipe contributors and an index of the advertisers," she
explained.
Of the original 21 advertisers in the book,
three of them are still in business and eight
others have descendents still living here. The
book itself reflects the "deco" period of the
'20's by its plain, simple and basic look. The
recipe directions, which they refer to as "receipts" are very simple, without the listing of
ingredients. The instructions contain the various items used for the recipe and describe oven
temperatures as slow, moderate or hot.
During the pre-publication sale, running
until Oct. 22, the books will sell for $6. After
that they will sell for $8. Orders can be' placed
at the museum and the books paid for .when they
are available the first week of November. Orders
may be placed by calling the museum at 494-4791
from 9-a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays.
Proceeds from the jale will go toward reestablishing the Society's Gift Comer where the
North Canton Heritage book is available.
' Pictured aboyguare: Mrs. Sylvan Gray (Helen
district's aging physical facilities.
School District Treasurer Diane Flad noted
The North Canton
Board of Education
faced some unpleasant
economic realities and
took the first steps to
meet the financial problems that appear to be
looming on the horizon.
The Board approved a
$15,491,891.45 total
budget for the 1988-89
fiscal year, up 1.2
percent from last
year's $15,303,831.88
budget.
Also, the Board authorized Superintendent
that during the 1988-
1989 fiscal year the
district will actually
spend more than it will
take in.
The 1988-89 budget
reflects gross receipts
of $12,478,836.27, but
General Fund expenditures of $12,757,470.79
In order to meet the
shortfall, the district
will exhaust its carryover cash balance account and $81,173.92 in
early bond retirement
revenues.
The cash carryover
account shows a balance
of $323,835.45, less
$126,374.85 in outstanding purchase orders, or an actual balance of $197,460.60.
Dr. Roden noted that
less than anticipated
state funding and a 1.5
percent decrease in
revenue from personal
property taxes have
impacted rising costs
to create the current
budget problems. The
district had anticipated a 6 percent increase
in state funding but
received only a 3 percent increase.
Rcden said that the
new budget contains no
funds for capital improvements. Emergencies
will be financed by
appropriations from the
$98,000 contingency
account. New textbooks
will be purchased only
if excess lottery profits are available.
Each school building
will receive $100 for
new equipment during
the course of the
school year.
"We need money in
the till," said school
board member Dave Kinkema. "We pride ourselves in believing in
quality education, but
as a community, we are
not willing to pay for
it. This is very, very
frightening," he continued.
"It is only a matter
of time - 1989 or 1990
- before an operating
levy is submitted to
North Canton voters,"
concurred board president Fred Krum.
The board hoped that
the 5.8 mill operating
levy approved in 1985
would generate sufficient funds to run the
district until 1990.
"We played catch-up
with the funds from the
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Talented Hoover High School Students
The eight students above from Hoover High
School attended five of the Governor's Summer
Institutes for gifted and talented high school
students this past summer. They are (left to
right front row) Kristen Schmidt, Libby . Frato,
(back row left to right) Jennifer Myers, Nancy
Chow, Joanna Love, ''Karen Amos, Kevin Frato, and
Amanda McClain. The institutes were held at tlie
state's 13 state Universities and were tuition
free. This was the third summer for these unique
pre-college learning opportunities for talented
high school students provided through state
funding of gifted education. "The students said
they really enjoyed tlie one or two week class-
es," said Mr. Benny T. Griffiths, Supervisor of
the Guided Independent Study Program in the
North Canton City Schools. Karen Amos attended
Bowling Green, class, Revolution - Communication
of Critical Issues; Amanda McClain attended
Cincinnati, class, The Underground Railroad;
Kristen Schmidt attended Toledo, class Nuclear
War; Nancy Chow attended Ohio State, c]ass,
Music and Piano; Joanna Love attended Ohio State
and Bowling Green, classes, Humanities and Creative Writing; Libby Frato and Kevin Frato attended Toledo, class, The Human Mind; and Jennifer Myers attended Akron, class, Constitutional
Law. ■
Bank 2000 to open North Canton office
ly: DOTTIE McGREW
Bank 2000, formerly
The Minerva Banking
Company, plans to open
a total service bank at
tlie comer of North
Main Street and Orion
Road, within New Berlin
Commons, by early
spring of 1989.
"We intend to offer
high tech, state-of-
the-art banking to a
high-growth community.
It is our desire to
assume a high profile
within the North Canton
community," said Homer
Ransdell, Bank 2000
public relations officer.
Ransdell said that
•Bank 2000 had studied
several areas in Stark
County and chose to
expand into North Canton because it resembled most closely the
Minerva market the bank
has serviced for 73
years.
"We believe we can
meet the needs of a
close knit, family-
oriented community witli
many small businesses
more successfully than
large holding company
Candidate
debate
schedule
A debate is scheduled between the candidates for the office
of County Engineer, on
Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 7
p.m. in Room 1000,
Stark Technical College, 6200 Frank Rd.,
Canton.
The candidates for
this office are Francis
V. Fischer and Charles
E. Cockerham.
The event is being
sponsored by Stark County Association of Civil Engineers and Surveyors.
The public is invited to attend.
banks," Ransdell said.
Tlie 42,000 square
foot brick building
will be of contemporary
design. Customers will
enter and exit from New
Berlin Commons to avoid
traffic at the intersection of North Main
Street and Orion Road.
The bank's full service operations will
feature six teller stations, a walk-in vault
with safe deposit
boxes, drive-in lanes,
24-hour automatic teller machine, and a
drive-in after-hours
depository.
The Minerva Banking
Company was chartered
by the State of Ohio in
1915. In 1985 it became
an affiliate of Ohio
Bancorp of Youngstown.
The bank operates autonomously within the
holding comp. my and
emphasizes strong local
management and its own
board of directors.
In keepjinj with its
expansion, the corporate name of The Minerva
Banking Company has
been changed to Bank
2000 with corporate
offices at 108 N. Main
St., Minerva.
The bank has $40
million in assets and
$3,447,000 of capital.
All deposits are insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation up to
$100,000.
Explorer Post 720
City to flush hydrants
A. Michael Sumser,
Director of Administration for the City of
North Canton, announced
that the water department will be conducting
a fall hydrant flushing
program throughout the
city during the week of
Oct.' 10. Flushing will
take place between the
■■■ ■ " -1 ■-■•-' il r
a. m.
Mr. Sumser recommends that users on the
North Canton system
check their water for
discoloration before
laundering, and if the
discoloration continues
for a prolonged period,
please call the Water
Distribution Department
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The Robert D. Fulk
Memorial Safety Services Explorer Post
#720 will be having a
"First Nighter" meeting
on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at
7 p.m. in' the North
Canton City Hall Council Chambers.
The purpose of this
meeting is to explain
the group's program to
those parents and students who might be interested in career
fields associated with
the Police, Fire . and
Emergency Medical Services and interested in
joining Post #720.
The City of North
Canton sponsors the
Explorer Post which is
linrnriiirrl n-ia.aajafa
Scouts of America. Any
high school age boy or
girl living within the
North Canton School
District who is interested in tlie Safety
Services field as a
career or hobby is encouraged to attend.
The Explorer Post
performs many community
services as well as
giving its members
training and sane idea
of what a career in the
Police, Fire and Emergency ' Medical Fields
will be like.
For more information
contact Lt. Dennis L.
Myers at tlie North Canton Police Department
..^^Qo-^n.. - ••
1985 levy. We hired 11
teachers, repaired
roofs, blacktopped
drives, purchased five
school buses, replaced
worn out equipment, and
negotiated a contract
with our employees
exactly what we said we
would do," said Dr.
Roden.
In implementing the
long range study of the
district's needs, the
board will contract for
limited input from an
educational consultant.
The newly' approved
budget reflects $8,901,
190 for salaries, an
increase of $475,460.13
or 5.6 percent, over
last year's budget figure of $8,425,729.87.
Employee benefits
were up 4.8 percent to
$2,159,188 up $100,773.
88 over last year.
Purchased services
were up 7.8 percent to
$907,771 or up
$66,188.30 over last
year.
New capital outlays
are budgeted at $1600,
down 99.4 percent, or
$271,060.60 from last
year's figure of
$272,660.91.
Capital outlay for
replacements is down
86.7 percent or
$78,048,60,\ from
$89,948.60 to $11,900.
Fees, insurance,
contingency and retirement advances are up
58.6 percent to
$375,122, an increase
of $138,722 over last
year's $236,400 figure.
Supplies and materials have 'been decreased 21.2 per-cit,
transfers have been
decreased by 50 percent, and advances are
down by 41.9 percent.
In other matters,
the board voted to exercise its option to
submit its asbestos
material control report
to the state no later
than February, 1989
rather than Oct. 12,
1988. The extension
concerns submission of
the report only. Implementation must take
place in July 1989.
The board approved
the use of North Campus
Commons for a pin prick
cholesterol test to be
administered on a voluntary basis to students in grades four
"through eight. The study will be conducted by
a group of physicians
from Aultman Hospital.
The results will give
more information on the
relationship, if any,
between cholesterol
levels and health in
children. The North
Canton volunteers will
be a control group.
Students in Perry are
also participating in
the study with a controlled diet and special physical education
program.
The Hoover High
School Hi-Lows have
been invited to participate in the fifth
annual Young Americans
National Performance:
■ Choir Festival competition in Los Angeles in
April 1989. The cost is
estimated at $1,000 per
student, or between
$25,000 and $30,000.
The board officially
excused the students
from five days of
school but noted that
the . cost must be borne
by the-individual students or generated by
fund raising activities.
The next board meeting is scheduled for
Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in
the North Campus Board
Room. ,
Trick or Treat hours
Sunday, Oct. 30 between 5:30 p.m. and 7:30
p.m. is the designated
time for trick or trea-
ters in the city of
North Canton, according
to Mayor William Hines.
This is the date recommended by the Stark
County Engineers.
Columbus Day schedule
The North Canton
Post Office will operate on a holiday schedule on Monday, October
10.
Acting Manager Ted
O'Donnell said there
will be no regular residential or business
mail deliveries, usual
post office customer
services and bulk mail
acceptance is not available. The post office
box lobby will be open
for box customers.
Normal mail delivery
will resume on Tuesday,
October 11.
Clearmount PTO Board
Clearmount School
PTO Board will be having a night meeting on
Wednesday Oct. 12 at 7
p.m. in the library.
Parents of students
are welcomed and encouraged to come.
Planning Commission
The North Canton
Planning Commission
will hold a meeting on
Wednesday, Oct. 12 at
7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City
Hall. The following
items will be -on the
agenda:
Old Business: Minutes of the 9/14/88
meeting.
New Business: Application for Zoning Amen
dment: William J. Lemmon for the south side
of Wilbur Ave. NE part
of Out Lot 260, 200-220
Wilbur NE from GB-A
General. Business-A district to RMF-B Multi-
Family-B district.
Site plan for parking lot extension at H
& H Auto Parts, 6434
Wise Ave. NW., Vasoc
Asphalt Paving Co.
"Leaf Pickup Program
ty
Mayor William R.
^ines announces that
the City of North Canton will offer the annual "Leaf Pickup Prog-
cam" to all occupants
jf all residential properties in North Canton.
Starting Oct. 3, all
residents are to place
their leaves in tied
plastic bags, at curb-
side, by 7 a. m. on
contractors regularly
scheduled refuse collection day for pickup.
This service will continue through November.
North Canton Rotary
North Canton Rotary
will meet Thursday,
Oct. 6 at Community
Christian Church at
6:15 p.m. •
is program chairman and
will introduce Hugh Joe
and Sharon Rich from
Mt. Union College.-
Thursday, Oct. 13 is

Hoover Sports
Page 9
Players Guild
Opens 58th Season
Page 11
Restaurant Journal
See Insert
66th YEAR
Serving the People
of
North Canton
Vol. 66- No. 51
North Canton, Ohio, Wednesday, October 5, 1988
One Secficm
14 Pages
',?
firmly-Five Cents
Lean economic times ahead for North Canton Schools
•»: DOTTIE McGREW
Roden to proceed with
the development of a
long range plan to examine the school district's needs for the
next ten to 20 years.
The study will include
a time line for submission of an operating
levy to provide additional funds to run the
district and a bond
issue to update the
A strip mall in N.
Main's future ?
By: DOTTIE McGREW
The type of future
development of 25 acres
of open land along the
west side of North Main
Street, adjacent to the
northwestern boundary
of North Canton, may \y
in the hands of voters
in Plain Township Precinct 28.
On the east side of
North Main Street the
city limits extend
north to Orion Road,
but on the west side of
North Main Street the
city limits end at
Stratavon Street, just
beyond K-Mart Plaza.
The open land is
owned by developer Paul
Weber who plans to develop and lease a strip
mall :along the 1000-
foot North Main Street
frontage.
Weber also plans to
construct apartments or
duplexes' adjacent to
and west of the proposed mall.
Jack Sanford, Jr.,
1328 Portage St., North
Canton, has filed the
necessary .papers to
initiate., two 'local options Cfi the November
"JjtilloL pannicl.i:. -
The Robert D. Fulk
Memorial Safety Services Explorer Post
#720 will be having a
"First Nighter" meeting
on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at
7 p.m. in' the North
Canton City Hall Council Chambers.
The purpose of this
meeting is to explain
the group's program to
those parents and students who might be interested in career
fields associated with
the Police, Fire . and
Emergency Medical Services and interested in
joining Post #720.
The City of North
Canton sponsors the
Explorer Post which is
linrnriiirrl n-ia.aajafa
Scouts of America. Any
high school age boy or
girl living within the
North Canton School
District who is interested in tlie Safety
Services field as a
career or hobby is encouraged to attend.
The Explorer Post
performs many community
services as well as
giving its members
training and sane idea
of what a career in the
Police, Fire and Emergency ' Medical Fields
will be like.
For more information
contact Lt. Dennis L.
Myers at tlie North Canton Police Department
..^^Qo-^n.. - ••
1985 levy. We hired 11
teachers, repaired
roofs, blacktopped
drives, purchased five
school buses, replaced
worn out equipment, and
negotiated a contract
with our employees
exactly what we said we
would do," said Dr.
Roden.
In implementing the
long range study of the
district's needs, the
board will contract for
limited input from an
educational consultant.
The newly' approved
budget reflects $8,901,
190 for salaries, an
increase of $475,460.13
or 5.6 percent, over
last year's budget figure of $8,425,729.87.
Employee benefits
were up 4.8 percent to
$2,159,188 up $100,773.
88 over last year.
Purchased services
were up 7.8 percent to
$907,771 or up
$66,188.30 over last
year.
New capital outlays
are budgeted at $1600,
down 99.4 percent, or
$271,060.60 from last
year's figure of
$272,660.91.
Capital outlay for
replacements is down
86.7 percent or
$78,048,60,\ from
$89,948.60 to $11,900.
Fees, insurance,
contingency and retirement advances are up
58.6 percent to
$375,122, an increase
of $138,722 over last
year's $236,400 figure.
Supplies and materials have 'been decreased 21.2 per-cit,
transfers have been
decreased by 50 percent, and advances are
down by 41.9 percent.
In other matters,
the board voted to exercise its option to
submit its asbestos
material control report
to the state no later
than February, 1989
rather than Oct. 12,
1988. The extension
concerns submission of
the report only. Implementation must take
place in July 1989.
The board approved
the use of North Campus
Commons for a pin prick
cholesterol test to be
administered on a voluntary basis to students in grades four
"through eight. The study will be conducted by
a group of physicians
from Aultman Hospital.
The results will give
more information on the
relationship, if any,
between cholesterol
levels and health in
children. The North
Canton volunteers will
be a control group.
Students in Perry are
also participating in
the study with a controlled diet and special physical education
program.
The Hoover High
School Hi-Lows have
been invited to participate in the fifth
annual Young Americans
National Performance:
■ Choir Festival competition in Los Angeles in
April 1989. The cost is
estimated at $1,000 per
student, or between
$25,000 and $30,000.
The board officially
excused the students
from five days of
school but noted that
the . cost must be borne
by the-individual students or generated by
fund raising activities.
The next board meeting is scheduled for
Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in
the North Campus Board
Room. ,
Trick or Treat hours
Sunday, Oct. 30 between 5:30 p.m. and 7:30
p.m. is the designated
time for trick or trea-
ters in the city of
North Canton, according
to Mayor William Hines.
This is the date recommended by the Stark
County Engineers.
Columbus Day schedule
The North Canton
Post Office will operate on a holiday schedule on Monday, October
10.
Acting Manager Ted
O'Donnell said there
will be no regular residential or business
mail deliveries, usual
post office customer
services and bulk mail
acceptance is not available. The post office
box lobby will be open
for box customers.
Normal mail delivery
will resume on Tuesday,
October 11.
Clearmount PTO Board
Clearmount School
PTO Board will be having a night meeting on
Wednesday Oct. 12 at 7
p.m. in the library.
Parents of students
are welcomed and encouraged to come.
Planning Commission
The North Canton
Planning Commission
will hold a meeting on
Wednesday, Oct. 12 at
7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City
Hall. The following
items will be -on the
agenda:
Old Business: Minutes of the 9/14/88
meeting.
New Business: Application for Zoning Amen
dment: William J. Lemmon for the south side
of Wilbur Ave. NE part
of Out Lot 260, 200-220
Wilbur NE from GB-A
General. Business-A district to RMF-B Multi-
Family-B district.
Site plan for parking lot extension at H
& H Auto Parts, 6434
Wise Ave. NW., Vasoc
Asphalt Paving Co.
"Leaf Pickup Program
ty
Mayor William R.
^ines announces that
the City of North Canton will offer the annual "Leaf Pickup Prog-
cam" to all occupants
jf all residential properties in North Canton.
Starting Oct. 3, all
residents are to place
their leaves in tied
plastic bags, at curb-
side, by 7 a. m. on
contractors regularly
scheduled refuse collection day for pickup.
This service will continue through November.
North Canton Rotary
North Canton Rotary
will meet Thursday,
Oct. 6 at Community
Christian Church at
6:15 p.m. •
is program chairman and
will introduce Hugh Joe
and Sharon Rich from
Mt. Union College.-
Thursday, Oct. 13 is